Report on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure [11815/2017 - C8-0313/2017 - 2017/2044(BUD)] - European Parliament delegation to the Budgetary Conciliation Committee. Rapporteurs: Siegfried Mureşan and Richard Ashworth (A8-0359/2017)
The following spoke: Jean Arthuis (Chair of the BUDG Committee).
Siegfried Mureşan and Richard Ashworth introduced the report.
The following spoke: Matti Maasikas (President-in-Office of the Council) and Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE Group, Daniele Viotti, on behalf of the S&D Group, Bernd Kölmel, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gérard Deprez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bill Etheridge, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Indrek Tarand, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFDD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Siegfried Mureşan, Michał Marusik, on behalf of the ENF Group, José Manuel Fernandes, Isabelle Thomas, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Jonathan Arnott, who also replied to a blue-card question by Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, André Elissen, Inese Vaidere, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jan Huitema, Marco Zanni, who also replied to a blue-card question by David Coburn, and Jan Olbrycht.
IN THE CHAIR: Heidi HAUTALA Vice-President
The following spoke: Manuel dos Santos, Lefteris Christoforou, Jens Geier, Seán Kelly, Vladimír Maňka and Jean-Paul Denanot.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: John Howarth, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Eleftherios Synadinos, Monika Beňová, Notis Marias, Tibor Szanyi and Krisztina Morvai.
The following spoke: Günther Oettinger, Matti Maasikas and Jean Arthuis.